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Party Leaders Remained as Party Leader while no longer Prime Minister

^ Conservative
NameTerm as Party Leader (yyyy.mm.dd)Term as Prime Minister (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration
Bennett, Richard Bedford 1927.10.12 - 1938.07.06 1930.08.07 - 1935.10.22 2 years, 8 months, 15 days
Meighen, Arthur 1920.07.10 - 1926.09.24 1920.07.10 - 1921.12.28 4 years, 6 months, 1 days
Borden, Robert Laird 1901.02.06 - 1920.07.09 1911.10.10 - 1917.10.11 2 years, 8 months, 29 days
Tupper, Charles 1896.05.01 - 1901.02.05 1896.05.01 - 1896.07.08 4 years, 6 months, 29 days

^ Liberal Party of Canada
NameTerm as Party Leader (yyyy.mm.dd)Term as Prime Minister (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration
Martin, Paul Edgar Philippe 2003.11.14 - 2006.03.19 2003.12.12 - 2006.02.05 1 month, 12 days
Turner, John Napier 1984.06.16 - 1990.06.22 1984.06.30 - 1984.09.16 5 years, 9 months, 6 days
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott 1968.04.06 - 1984.06.15 1968.04.20 - 1979.06.03 9 months, 1 days
St-Laurent, Louis Stephen 1948.08.07 - 1958.01.15 1948.11.15 - 1957.06.20 6 months, 27 days
King, William Lyon Mackenzie 1919.08.07 - 1948.08.06 1926.09.25 - 1930.08.06 5 years, 2 months, 18 days
King, William Lyon Mackenzie 1919.08.07 - 1948.08.06 1921.12.29 - 1926.06.28 2 months, 29 days
Laurier, Wilfrid 1887.06.23 - 1919.02.17 1896.07.11 - 1911.10.06 7 years, 4 months, 13 days
Mackenzie, Alexander 1873.03.06 - 1880.04.27 1873.11.07 - 1878.10.08 1 year, 6 months, 20 days

^ Liberal-Conservative
NameTerm as Party Leader (yyyy.mm.dd)Term as Prime Minister (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration
Macdonald, John Alexander 1867.07.01 - 1891.06.06 1867.07.01 - 1873.11.05 4 years, 11 months, 12 days

^ Progressive Conservative Party
NameTerm as Party Leader (yyyy.mm.dd)Term as Prime Minister (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration
Campbell, A. Kim 1993.06.13 - 1993.12.13 1993.06.25 - 1993.11.03 1 month, 10 days
Clark, Charles Joseph (Joe) 1976.02.22 - 1983.02.18 1979.06.04 - 1980.03.02 2 years, 11 months, 18 days
Diefenbaker, John George 1956.12.14 - 1967.09.08 1957.06.21 - 1963.04.21 4 years, 4 months, 19 days
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